SoPac FV Regional & National Participation

[dc]

Anyone from the region, can you give me an idea of the FV counts at Regional and National level SoPac events? Consistent numbers?



Just wondering for my own personal reasons...

[samiam520]

Some of the results should be available on the Cal Club web site. It's pretty weak. If I remember maybe 5-8 cars, probably half of those come from Nor-Cal.

Results for Cal Club Here http://www.mylaps.com/results/showev...st=3&org=55984

[Fred Michael]

Norcal is pretty strong and not that far away.

[Daryl DeArman]

I'll save you some time;

NATIONALS 7.75 average

Jan 24th 11 entries
Feb 22nd 6 entries
April 4th 7 entries
April 5th 7 entries

REGIONALS .688 average

Jan 23rd 2 entries
Jan 24th 1 entry
Feb 21 Zero
Feb 22 Zero
Mar 14 1 entry
Mar 15 1 entry
May 16 Zero
May 17 Zero
Jun 6 Zero
Jun 7 Zero
Sep 5 1 entry
Sep 6 1 entry
Sep 25 Zero
Sep 26 Zero
Oct 30 2 entries
Oct 21 2 entries

[dc]

I found the National and Regional car count PDFs from the SCCA. Wow, the Regional numbers are downright awful. That's pathetic for any class, let alone one in the top 5 national participation.

Nationals isn't great, but right around where the rest of the regions in the country are.

[Daryl DeArman]

The Regional numbers are awful in FV/FF/CF because they are competing for entries with VARA and HSR-West, where the numbers are much better.

[dc]

I'm looking at the racing counts in Arizona.

[Daryl DeArman]

They also have a popular alternative to SCCA.

Garey Guzman seemed to put a lot of effort into building the numbers here in So-Cal while he was here. He is a likeable guy and still had a very tough time.

Not saying it's impossible to offer something better than what's already available, but if Garey couldn't get it done, I don't know that anybody can.

[budawe]

Quickshoe is right. VARA has 4 vee classes including one for the modern vees. Other than Cal Speedway it's a bit of a tow to get to the other tracks. The Arizona double national used to be much bigger but has suffered from the economy and political warfare with Cal Club. They tend to schedule over one another. The location of the tracks makes summer races a bit tough. Very hot weather chases a lot of folks away.

It's nice to have the national program finished by April because it leaves time to travel around and race.